Abstract
Geologic mapping has provided observations that some features on Mars are morphologically similar to lunar Imbrium Sculpture materials. These grooved features occur in clustered sets of a dozen or more, are spaced 1 to 10 km apart, and are unlike other linear Martian features such as yardangs, faults, ancient valley networks, and mass-wasting features. We propose that they represent impact materials from an ancient basin. The orientations of these features were plotted as lines on a Schmidt net, and the density of the resulting intersections suggests a likely source area at approximately -26.0°, 125.0°, or roughly the center of Daedalia Planum. -from Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 10,729-10,741 |
Journal | Journal of geophysical research |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | B7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Forestry
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Soil Science
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Palaeontology